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Old 11-21-2005, 01:38 AM   #1
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No boot signature in partition


I have a PC with 2 linux systems. Unfortunately the first disk
crashed, so I replaced it and am reinstalling
hda is the DVD

the first system is hdb1 /boot
hdb3 /
hdc1 swap
hdc2 /var
hdc4 /home

The second one


hdd1 /boot
hdd3 /
hdd4 /home
hdd2 swap

plus I am planning a third system on the rest of the disks

linux:~ # lilo -M /dev/hdb
The Master Boot Record of /dev/hdb has been updated.
linux:~ # cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hdb3 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/hdb1 /boot ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/hdb2 /data1 auto noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hdb6 /data2 auto noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hdd1 /data3 auto noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hdd3 /data4 auto noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hdd4 /data5 auto noauto,user 0 0
/dev/hdc3 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc2 /var reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/hdc1 swap swap pri=42 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs noauto,user,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0
linux:~ #


but I get a No boot signature in partition message even though
I lilo'd to MBR (lilo -M /dev/hdb )

Any hints?
 
Old 11-21-2005, 10:13 AM   #2
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Has hdb been set as the boot disk?
Find out with fdisk /dev/hdb then press m <return> then press p <return> to print the partition table. Do you see a * in the Boot column?
 
  


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